The second solo is more advanced and takes more harmonic liberties. There is a lot of meat in these solos and I encourage you to work through it all at your own pace. Remember to click on the included lesson mp3 to hear the chords and melody in action. I hope you enjoy working on my arrangement of “Autumn Leaves. Playing Changes by Using Chords Arpeggios. 5 - Autumn Leaves Solo that based on Arpeggio Etude with chords tensions and extensions, modes and passing tones.

Welcome to your Autumn Leaves beginner jazz guitar lesson. I will show you the easiest and most musical approach to learning this great jazz standard and also throw in a free PDF lead sheet. Let’s get started! Use this lesson to: • Learn the chords. • Play the melody. • Grab a few tricks for sounding hip.

• Have fun while you learn! Your Autumn Leaves Lead Sheet Here is a simple chord chart of this great tune. I have included some suggested scales and chord substitutions to put in. Disclaimer: This is a non-profit study strictly for educational purposes. I do not own the rights for Autumn Leaves. No melody is written, only chord changes. How Do I Memorize this Song?

Your first step in learning any tune is to memorize the chord changes and the melody. How To Install Stepmania Characters Download there. Once you do away with the sheet music you can then start creating REAL music. 4 steps to quickly memorize this song: • Listen – listen to 5 different versions. I made this easy for you by selecting my favorite 5 into a Youtube playlist, • Use your Brain – Analyze the structure of the song.

How many sections are there? Do chords repeat?

What key is it in? Hint: The form is A A B A and LOTS of chords repeat, and the key is G Major or E minor (same thing). James Stamp Trumpet Method Pdf. Setiing Apk Swaper Configurasi there. • Learn the Words – Learning lyrics not only helps you to memorize a song but enables you to really dig into the meaning of it. Your national anthem isn’t just a nice melody it has meaning and significance. Autumn leaves is a love song, learn the words and it will show in your playing. • Use a Play Along – or better yet make your own!

I often use garageband or even just a BOSS looper to play along with myself. Throw yourself out there, start soloing along right away. How to Solo: the Easy Way Before I throw a whole bucket of music theory at you here is some musical fast food: You can solo on E Aeolian or natural minor scale over this WHOLE tune. Here is an Aeolian fret diagram, just centre the white dot over any E (e.g. 7th fret on your A string) and BAM, you have your scale. Here is what E Natural Minor or Aeolian sounds like: Now, change the b7 (D note) to D# on the B7 chord.

This scale is E Harmonic minor (sounds exotic right?). Can you hear the difference between the two? A Better Approach; examine each chord individually. So you know how to easily solo on this tune, now let’s check out each chord for a better approach. Jazz is about outlining the chord changes so let’s get down to business. The following tips are all included in the free PDF above, so make sure you have that as we progress.

Side note: Feel free to click on any scale or arpeggio – it will link to an in depth lesson. The Am7 Chord This chord is the II (two) chord in our key of G major. On II chords you play the dorian mode and you can add in the 9th, 11th and 13th as extensions to a plain minor 7 chord.

Here is a little summary and a few links if you would like to learn more about minor chords. • Chord: • Scale: • Possible extensions: 9, 11, 13 • Guide tones: b3, b7 (Your target notes) • The D7 Chord The V chord is a powerful thing. In the key of G major our V chord is D7. It leads really nicely to G and you can add on many different notes to colour this chord up. • • • Possible extensions: 9, 13 • Guide tones: 3, b7 (Your target notes) • Possible Alterations: b9, #9, #11, b13 • The Home Chord: Gmaj7 This chord is your tonic major resting chord. • • • Possible extensions: 9, 13 • Guide tones: 3, 7 (Your target notes) • Great job on making it this far!